Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Ancaeus.
The gallery
Building the Argo
Unknown (Roman terracotta), c. 1st century AD
British Museum terracotta of the Argo under Athena's eye — the ship Samian Ancaeus will later steer after Tiphys dies. Not Ancaeus of Tegea, gored in the Calydonian hunt.
The Building of the Ship Argo
Unknown, 17th–18th century
Rijksmuseum painting of the Argo's construction — the hull that will take Ancaeus of Samos from Parthenia to the Propontis helm.
On screen
In play
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Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius makes Ancaeus son of Poseidon the Samian Argonaut who takes the helm after Tiphys — distinct from Arcadian Ancaeus of the Calydonian boar.
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Ancaeus (son of Poseidon)
Samian Argonaut and helmsman — not Ancaeus son of Lycurgus of Tegea.